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  Ruby Sheffer July 7, 2008 at 10:39pm

  Re: Sorghum No problem passing on seeds. Seems to be something for which I'm naturally wired. Now, origin, care, and feeding. Sorghum bicolor, the cultivar we use for grain and syrup, came from Africa and perhaps the middle East. The varieties carried by Native Seed Search have been under native american cultivation and experimentation for hundreds of years. That makes them a native american adapted introduced cultivar. Very drought and heat tolerant. The best crop I've gotten so far was sown by me tossing a handful out into a yard in which other stuff was growing. The birds ate half the seed. The rest became crop. You can just stick the seed about 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep and 1.5 feet or so apart just about anywhere that gets sun. Water it twice a day til it sprouts at which point you can put down some mulch and cut back in the water to twice, then once, a week. If you have a standing crop of something else that you want the sorghum to follow, toss the sorghum out among the standing crop. Water the standing crop normally and the sorghum should grow up through it. No kidding, this stuff is tough. Hope this helps. If so, we'll see you at the sorghum syrup party in the late fall. More about when and how to harvest later.
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  Linda J Busam June 24, 2008 at 8:32am

  Hi Peg,
  
  Sorry i didn't call you yesterday....something came up & was unexpectedly out of town......I'll call you tonight :)
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  Peggy Sorensen June 18, 2008 at 1:14pm

  thanks for the info! I'm not sure when the market closes, but I will come over right after my class ends at 11am which is on 12th street & McDowell, so I won't have far to go. If you're gone, I'll make other arrangements.
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  Heather Welch June 18, 2008 at 12:30pm

  Hi Peg~ The jars should be at the market around 8am. The Phoenix Permaculture booth is on the east side of the market near the south end. There is a little drive way between the building on the property and the space where the stalls are set up and if you head south from the parking lot down that little drive, we are right on the corner across from One Windmill Farm. The classes are held in the building right across the drive from our booth and the cans will there until the market closes for pickup. And the information booth will know where we are if you get lost. Any other questions, just let me know :)